READABLE NOVELS.—The Pirouette. By Helen Mathers. (Digby, Long, and Co.
6s.)—A collection of short stories, some of which are decidedly original and worth reading.—Barbara goes to Oxford. By Barbara Burko. (Methuen and Co. 6s.)—A description of how two young ladies go to live in Oxford during the long vacation. The book combines an illustrated guide to Oxford with a little mild fiction.—The Gentleman Tramp. By Gilbert Wintle. (Ward, Lock, and Co. 6s.)—A story of modern adven- tare, including the escape of a convict from Dartmoor Prison. The book is frankly sensational.—The Secret Entrance. By John Finnemore. (Ward, Lock, and Co. 6s.)—A good detective story, with ingenious introduction of "priests' holes," Scc.--- To Pleasure Madame. By Helen Wallace. (Cassell and Co. 6s.) —A brisk and picturesque story of the days of Charles IL- A Modern Pharisee. By Silas K. Hocking. (F. Warne and Co. 3s. 6d.)—A didactic story by a writer who is past master in the art of telling this kind of tale.
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